Atheist Activist Group Demands Michigan City to Cease Prayer at Council Meetings

Atheist Activist Group Demands Michigan City to Cease Prayer at Council Meetings

SAGINAW, Mich. — An atheist activist group is demanding that officials in a Michigan city cease prayer during their council meetings out of its assertion that the practice is unconstitutional and alienates Godless residents. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to Saginaw City Manager Tim Morales asserting that the […]

Arizona Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Religious Rights of Business Owners

Arizona Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Religious Rights of Business Owners

PHOENIX — Lawmakers in Arizona passed a bill this week that seeks to protect the religious rights of business owners and shield them from unlawful discrimination lawsuits. HB 2153 cleared the Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday 33-27, amending sections 41‑1493 and 41‑1493.01 of the state code pertaining to the free exercise of religion. The bill […]

Christian Legal Group Urges Public Universities to Restore Bibles to Hotel Rooms

Christian Legal Group Urges Public Universities to Restore Bibles to Hotel Rooms

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A prominent Christian legal organization has sent rebuttal letters to two public universities that recently decided to remove all Gideon Bibles from their hotel rooms in response to complaints from an atheist activist organization. As previously reported, the University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University were contacted by the Freedom From Religion […]

S.C. Legislators Vote to Punish Colleges for Assigning Homosexual Books

COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators want to punish two public colleges for assigning books on homosexuality to freshmen. The House budget-writing committee on Wednesday tentatively approved a spending plan for 2014-15 that would cut $52,000 from the College of Charleston and $17,142 from the University of South Carolina Upstate. Last summer, the College of Charleston […]

Man Behind ‘Tips for Jesus’ Says It’s Not about Jesus

(Religion Today) The man behind “tips for Jesus” has finally broken his silence by speaking with San Francisco Magazine, though not without adding to the confusion. While his Instagram account claims he is “doing the Lord’s work,” the anonymous man responsible for this largesse phenomenon says his actions are “agnostic.” The large tipper—suspected to be Jack […]

Woman Births Healthy Baby After Urged to Abort Child Having ‘Ten Percent Chance of Survival’

Woman Births Healthy Baby After Urged to Abort Child Having ‘Ten Percent Chance of Survival’

A woman in the UK has given birth to a healthy baby boy after being urged to obtain an abortion amid bleak prognosis that left him with only a ten percent chance of survival. Rachel Collins, 30, says that she was told by her doctor that she had oligohydramnios, meaning that there was too little amniotic […]

University of Alabama Apologizes for Removing Pro-Life Display Over Student Offense

University of Alabama Apologizes for Removing Pro-Life Display Over Student Offense

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama has apologized for removing a pro-life display earlier this month after some students complained that they found it to be “offensive.” Bama Students for Life had erected the small display behind a glass case that it has reserved last month, and noted earlier this month that the poster […]

Obama Expresses Opposition to Ugandan President’s Plans to Sign Bill Criminalizing Homosexuality

Obama Expresses Opposition to Ugandan President’s Plans to Sign Bill Criminalizing Homosexuality

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Barack Obama issued a statement on Sunday expressing his opposition to the intentions of Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini to sign legislation criminalizing homosexuality in the country. Obama was golfing at a private course in Rancho Mirage, California when the written statement was released. “I am so deeply disappointed that Uganda will […]